Beginner Victory!

Hello, this is my first discussion post and I thought I'd start off with patting myself on the back and announcing success with pole moves. :)  It's Christmas Eve and I successfully accomplished the Front Hook! After months of trying and failing horribly. Looks "easy" but was not for this poler. I hated this trick so much and for so long and now that I finally got it I'm walking on sunshine.    So who else got a trick they've been struggling with? Had you been cursing yourself and your pole throughout the time you've struggled?