Food for thought: picture an older person skipping. Somebody is going to call the police to have them make sure you are OK. Most people will avoid you, thinking you are a lunatic. Clown clothes and makeup will make you seem more normal, and make them wonder where the party is.
Anything can catch on and become popular in a very short time, especially a fitness idea.
I believe we are coming to the end of the era when we trust authority more than we trust our own instincts. If you don't want to skip, don't do it. If you want to skip, then who cares what anybody thinks. You can't be arrested for skipping, to my knowledge.
Actually when I skipped across that parking lot, it wasn't that easy. It will take some practice to do it the way kids do it, innately experiencing that physical strength, bouncing higher and higher.
Our power will never be found in fear.