For me, it has to be boingy boing, pop and fresh, and sea sick. All 3 just have a motion you have to get down and if you don’t do it perfectly the trick fails.
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Probably beefhook.
I learned it way too early in my progression- but was absolutely determined to get it.
However knowing I could figure that out and HOW I figured it out has helped me with many more tricks over the years!
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That’s where I’m at right now. I’m gonna figure out this beefhook thing lol
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I haven’t touched seasick in ages bc of that! I’m currently learning Calypso and Spirit Bomb. The second grind on Calypso always has me fumbling for the string afterwards, often missing it. With Spirit Bomb I can’t seem to land in the right configuration after the first hop, no matter how hard I try. I’m told that if I do it right it should just fall into place. Like I’m supposed to know what that is! 
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Beefbook…. Mother of all…. I think it’s the only trick I actually got mad at. *&^%^$#. Much better at it now but I bet I threw a few thousand before it was consistent. Wait…. Still not super consistent. Fun trick all said.
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Spirit Bomb was really frustrating, but I did finally get it. There are lots of tricks that were frustrating enough that I don’t bother with them, if I need that kind of frustration I switch to spin tops or juggling.
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Let me know if you need help!!!
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It’s so much fun - I still feel a sense of pride when I hit it 
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second the beef. I’ve only hit it twice ever with about 8 months between
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Boingy Boing, Spirit Bomb, and Magic Drop.
Also Rancid Milk… Shelved that one indefinitely as none of the elements really interested me.
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ATM for 5a e-fan and e-fan to gt for me, 1a some of the clyw tuts are tough
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Beefhook… I think I learned 1000 new ways to quickly get back in to a trapeze trying to learn that trick…
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All of 2a
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Fr fr
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Kwijibo and Spirit Bomb.
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Oh I forgot to mention tyler vienneau’s gt rejection, that ones hard, if anyone has any tips please let me know!
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slightly off topic but:
how do y’all go about learning tricks?
Do you learn it and land it a few times, commit it to memory and move on?
or do you stay put on that trick and repetitively do it?
I find it tricky (lol) to repeat one trick and find enjoyment or feel growth. Although, it’s ironic because I’m struggling with actually getting better with spreading thin across multiple tricks.
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i look at yoyo like dj qbert described being a dj, like a language. every trick is a way of “saying something”. the more you know the more you can use to say what you want to say and the more you can “converse” in this way. just because you learn specific words in a real language doesn’t mean you’ll choose to always use those same words to say what you want. we build our way of speaking through word choice, inflection, and the style in which we speak. i see yoyo as the same
sometimes i learn tricks and i like them and i keep doing them and seek to find ways to incorporate them in my personal expression. sometimes i learn something that isn’t my favorite and i don’t do it and let it fade away
there are way too many tricks in the world to feel like you have to always know and do everything. pick what you like and what interests you and what allows you to say what you want to say with your own style
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Getting better hmmm this is an interesting topic to me and I don’t really think there is a right or wrong way to try to get here. It is absolutely possible to improve by learning a ton of different tricks. I think maybe just being able to land a trick a few times isnt much but being able to land a trick a few times smoothly and clean is great and does help improve. Doing the same trick ten thousand times is amazing for improving execution and a good exercise but does get boring. I like to learn a lot of tricks and forget most of them but still improve like that absolutely. Just pick out the most fun or satisfying or cool looking parts and fold them into your auto pilot. If you really wanna improve just play yoyo a bunch and you’ll get better. Also helps to try and learn tricks out of your comfort zone like zoning vs front of body tech and also push yourself to learn harder and harder tricks. Also always brush up on fundamentals.
Most important thing is to just do whats fun! Whether grinding for consistency and execution or always learning new stuff but letting it stay less polished bc doing what’s fun is going to keep you playing and not get burned out.
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