Originally Posted by
Adam G.
If you notice he is not completely sitting down when he skids. He does lift a bit. Personally its pretty easy to do, I run a 46/16 and seems like an easy gear ratio to skid with. You have to practice. Seems like not enough people practice and they wonder why they can't do anything.
+1
Don't get fooled into thinking they're actually sitting down when doing this stuff, he's not - you can see he'll hop up a touch to unweight and be able to fling the back end around.
Given the above and the fact he's going downhill (easy skidding turf generally) on what looks to be some pretty kickass smooth asphalt, he's in good condition for the video. Oh, and this is an internet video, so you can probably bank on this guy screwing up a bunch before he made this video and put it online.
Practice, practice and more practice... it'll come, just keep riding.