Tricks bike advice

So yeah, sorry to bump up this thread (wont be if I get an sweet answer)
But I do tricks, I also ride to college and muck around on my breaks with my bike and stuff.
I dont feel confident enough with riding brakeless on roads in traffic and stuff, I do when tricking because of bar spins and shit. Lately I have just been taking the break on and off when I want to trick but this takes time and it leaves me hardly anytime to have fun.

Does anyone have an alternative to taking the break on and off when wanting to trick?

if you read the scissor thread there are a lot of people discussing deep-drop brakes and hollow expander nuts and all that malarkey