A skate boot for receiving the foot, the ankle and adjacent leg section of an intended user. The skate boot includes an upper. The upper defines a dorsal upper section and a substantially opposed plantar upper section, a rear upper section extending outwardly from and substantially peripherally to the plantar upper section and an opening allowing the user to insert the foot within the skate boot. The upper includes a deformable region for facilitating the elastic dorsiflexion of the upper between an initial upper configuration and a dorsiflexed upper configuration wherein the dorsal upper section is closer to the rear upper section than in the initial upper configuration, the deformable region being substantially more elastically deformable than adjacent upper portions of the upper and providing an elastic force biasing the upper towards the initial configuration upon dorsiflexion of the upper.