My elder has a tail wheel not a skid. Don't know if that matters as far as ground looping goes. I have only flown it off grass and with that long fuselage ground looping has not been an issue. Feed power in slowly to get it moving holding some up elevator (pushing the tail wheel down), continue to add power and as speed picks up release the up elevator, the tail will come up and now you are steering with the rudder, continue to full power and you will be airborne by now. If your flying off pavement you have to reduce the amount of steering correction input while the tail wheel is still on the ground or you will be "over correcting" and a ground loop will result (be very gentle on the rudder stick). I recently joined a club with a paved runway and had to retrain myself to go easy on the rudder stick on initial takeoff roll as I was over correcting having flown mostly off grass and I fly almost all taildraggers. 85 % of my airplanes have a wheel in the back. Flying a taildragger off pavement requires a much softer touch on the rudder stick. I have yet to fly the Elder off the pavement but have flown my Cubs, a Champ, an Extra 300 and other taildraggers there and all needed a softer touch with the rudder. And don't forget to feed power in slowly too. Hope that helps you.