i think skipping is a great way to stop--maybe more controlled than skidding for a lot of people.

teiaperigosa, you can learn by picking up your rear wheel and scrubbing it into the ground, and when you get coordinated--especially in the rain--and skip repeatedly, you barely need to lift your rear wheel, and the movement of your feet will look a lot like skipping (as in, skipping to one's loo, my darling)