How can you skid / How to do skids / skidding

to hop or skip the rear wheel:

get your weight forward as if you are about to attempt a skid, at the point where you would normally resist the cranks, back pedal whilst lifting your feet sharply. The rear wheel will leave the ground. The movement is short and sharp, not a massive heave.

you can do series of these hops to stop, or do an endo over the bars if you don't know your balance points. I'm assuming that as you already know how to skid, that you are comfortable with this.

I sometimes perform this manoeuvre to slow or stop, despite running a brake. It's good to have the skills in case your cable snaps or something...

... thanks, some sense at last! my gf's all yours.