Originally Posted by andre nickatina
I've perfected my new method for fast brakeless skip stops that seems to get me stopped better than anything short of a front brake - skip stops while fishtailing each skip, so basically I do some skips while steering the bike in a small slalom/zig zag.
Been there, done that. Even better...do a bunch of short little rapid fire skips with the same foot over and over, without ever rotating the pedals around. With that technique, you can keep your feet near the 9:00-3:00 o'clock powerstroke postion and get in more skips per distance.