Abstract: A skate guard designed to extend longitudinally along the bottom edge of the skate blade is shaped to define an upwardly opening groove to receive a skate blade. Over part of its length the groove narrows toward its upper opening to a transverse dimension less than the thickness of the skate blade. The guard is made of flexible resilient material whereby when a skate blade is inserted in said groove the material of the guard is resiliently biased outwardly by said blade and acts to grip it. Preferably the guard is shaped so that, when so biased by the blade, the lower surface of the guard is concave downward in transverse cross-section.