How can you skid / How to do skids / skidding

Tim, my boyfriend taught me, there was no arguing. I learned on the "trixie chix" court on columbia road which is a great surface (slightly soft and smooth) and where 90% of the women here learned.

-Mike's winning tip for me was to try to lean forward over the handlebars far enough to look under the front wheel. The leaning forward part is the hard part (general consensus). Most of the ladies got the skidding part but couldn't make the skid last for long because of not much weight distribution.

-Also pulling up with your strong foot I think is much more important than the "locking of knees". The knee locking thing is more likely to lead to the feeling of/actuality of being thrown over the bars or sore knees.

-pulling up/pushing down when your feet are at 3 and 6 o'clock.

-speed is best, and the faster the better.

-Our muscles have a 'memory' of positions so hold the bike for her while she just stands in place in the correct skidding position, so she can feel the position she's trying to achieve.

Thanks for this post, didn't notice it first time round. Yeah, I was telling her that she needs to lift her front foot more than pushing down the rear, I guess I'm just no good at putting the words into a sentence that makes sense! Took me a while to get used to the motion of pulling a skid, but once you learn it just gets easier!
After thinking about it, the locking legs thing isn't at all how it's done, more just the push/pull thing! Wicked, cheers!