I used to run skids all the time too. Then I stopped running them and everything felt better. There was one layout we had that had a lot of sharp edges on jumps and I noticed the back end being kicked up. Took the skid off and all of my problems went away. I've yet to put one back on since. The truck just feels better without the skid on there. That was my experience anyway. I used to swear by DE skids... Not anymore. Still lovin my bumpskids though.