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PhilDAS
First you have to have the courage to really have your weight forward, definitely standing up. You'll be putting your crotch a lot closer to the stem than is sensible but this is all in service of the skid / scene. You gotta really lean [forward], although in general people say #dontlean but they mean left or right. Some speed is good as the momentum carries the skid, the slower you go the harder it is to skid, but speed requires getting your timing right. If your struggling to get your legs locked at the right time try locking them earlier, really a locked skid happens at 2 and 8 with you dominate foot forward. I'm 5' 6 and 5/8ths and 63kg and can skid so it's not a weight thing.
Practice medium paced on quiet wet roads, and the when you're good at those do them in the dry when people are watching.