Kitecontrol

I had a terrible experience with Kite Control this past summer. I hope anyone that is looking to take a lesson with Tim will read this review and reconsider. I have prepaid for 4 hours of lessons, and Tim has failed to fulfill his side of the deal. He still owes me $ 300 and is unresponsive.
We met at Rockaway Beach for an intro lesson which only lasted 1 hour due to poor wind conditions which was fair enough. He seemed like a nice guy and when he asked that I pre-​pay for the next lesson I obliged. The lesson that was scheduled for the following week never happened. I tried several times to meet up with him again throughout the summer with no success.
Numerous times, appointments were made and cancelled due to «lack of wind,» or worse he simply did not show up (when there was wind!). After the third time I made my way out to Rockaway beach only to have Tim cancel on me last minute or go radio silent, I requested a refund. He never got back to me when he said he would and voicemails were left unanswered. I had to call him at least 4 — 5 times to get a response.
The last straw was when he claimed to be at the beach checking out the conditions and told me he would get back to me. I took the A train out to Rockaway beach to at least get a few hours in, but it turned out he was lying. He never made it out to the beach that day.
Following the refund request, a few half hearted attempts were made and eventually he ceased to return my phone calls or emails.
A quick google search for «Tim Nugget» shows a history of similar cases. I.e. requesting sample kites and never returning them or paying for them. This should be fair warning of Tim’s character and trustworthiness.
Here is a link to a message board where someone seems to have tried to alert future customers. It is a shame that I didn’t find this earlier.
I did eventually get my kiteboarding lessons, but in Turks and Caicos with KiteProvo. They were awesome.
TL DR: KiteControl will be a waste of your time and money. Tim owes me $ 300. Please do yourselves a favor and stay away.

I wish i could give this place less than one star. I got a groupon for a lesson, so I preapid for this… Tim cancelled not one, but two lessons because there was no wind, only hours before the lessons were set to take place. I understand that mother nature is unpredictable, but it doesnt end there. He said he’d call back the next day to reschedule and never did. When I called him (several more times) to schedule for the third time, he never answered or called back. I also emailed to get my lesson scheduled and never got a response. Fortunately, groupon was helpful in refunding me my money, since this company was unable to fulfill what I paid for. Horrible service.

I also tried to call Tim, the apparent owner of this company, and was blown off two days in a row due to «lack of wind.» That is only believable as an excuse so many times. I eventually never heard back from him again and demanded that groupon refund my money. Someone should look into this guy because it seems like a scam to me. Beware!