Ride on runners? It takes a lot of skill! (6)
I believe the answer is:
sleigh
'ride on runners?' is the definition.
(vehicle or ride which moves on runners)
'a lot of skill' is the wordplay.
'a lot of' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'skill' becomes 'sleight' (eg sleight of hand).
'sleight' with its last letter removed is 'SLEIGH'.
'it takes' is the link.
(Other definitions for sleigh that I've seen before include "Horse-drawn sledge" , "Vehicle with runners; sounds like" , "Dancer pulled this" , "Carriage to run on snow" , "Toboggan" .)