How can you skid / How to do skids / skidding

I'd get a front brake for the sake of having one. Better to have one and not use it often than to not have one and realise your face is inches away from the arse end of a London Bus when it's too late...

I've not been riding fixed long, six months maybe. I still have my front brake, I ride 50/17 and don't ride with clips. On most journeys I don't use the brake at all because I'm quite happy cruising around within my own means... but some days, I'm either in a hurry or genuinely cannot be fucked to slow down with my feet.

that's why you cannot be fucked to slow down, understandably so cause it is a bitch to slow down at that gear ratios (50-17).

put a 21t cog, and you'll be surprised by how much easier everything has become, first couple weeks will be spinny but best to spin really, easier to slow down than high gearing while spinning despite going at lighting speed.