Originally Posted by shants

i think the main problem that people have is that they hesitate at some point while trying to unweight the rear wheel. if you hesitate at all, you will put weight back on the rear wheel, making it quite difficult to skid. if you choose the "balls on the stem" method, you definitely have to just "go for it." people have said this in other threads about skidding and they are correct, as lame as it sounds: just commit to doing it. unless you are totally ******** about it, you are not going to go over the bars. i wasn't able to start skidding until one time i just said "**** it" and threw my weight forward. once you get a feel for skidding, of course, you will learn to do it while seated and in less extreme ways. at first, though, it helped me to do it "superman" style.