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You don't ride hard enough, if you'd never come across a reason to need to skid.
Just because you don't have a skill doesn't mean it's not useful. You'll notice I've made no reference to fixed sans brakes. Even with a brake (or two) a skid can be useful from time to time.
The next question being why did you learn if you thought they were "not essential"?