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Wave riding in 2005 with Underground Wave 5'0" @ Enquentro, Cabarete, Dominican Republic.
Photo by Tarmo Laine
How to contact Vesku?

Mobile Business Group Lead
(Liiketoimintajohtaja, mobiili)
Consumer & Online
Microsoft Oy
Keilaranta 7
02150 Espoo, Finland
Work email: vesku .(a). microsoft . com
Mobile: +358-50-5260430
See: www.microsoft.fi
Other Projects
My personal blog about Windows®
phones and mobility: http://mrwmf.spaces.live.com

Relaxing wave riding
in Guincho,
Portugal, July 2008.
Photo
Tarmo Laine

Old school air time at
Praia do Prea, Ceara,
Brazil, January 2007.
Photo
Tarmo Laine

Down winder fun with
friends of Vila Prea. Prea, Ceara,
Brazil, January 2007.
Photo
Tarmo Laine

Brazilian wave hopping.
Pecem, Ceara, Brazil, January 2007. Photo
Tarmo Laine

A Finnish lake session
in summer 2006. Säkylä Pyhäjärvi, Finland, July 2006. Photo
Tarmo Laine

Riding Finnish waves (30 knots and +7C) and thanks to Ursuk for the world's best kiteboarding dry suits
Hanko, Finland, October 2005. Photo by Pentti Toivonen

Winter kiteboarding (snow kiting)
above 70 North in Kilpisjärvi, Finland,
April 2004. Photo by Tarmo Laine
PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION

Vesku Paananen M.Sc. (Applied Mathematics), University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Home address:
Piikkiö,
Finland
Send personal and kiteboarding emails to
or contact with Live Messenger: vesku
(a) live . com
AWARDS
Mobile
Entertainment Forum MEF Special Recognition Award 2004
"The Father of the Ringtone Business"
The Internationalization Award of the President of the Republic of
Finland 2008
"MobileMonday community" - The Father of the Original Concept
OTHER STUFF
The founder of MobileMonday, The Open
Global Mobile Special Interest Group
Vise Chairman of the
Kite Division of
Finnish Boardsailing Association (SPLL Kite-jaos)
Retired: International IKO Kiteboarding and Snow Kite Instructor (Ozone Leijakoulu kite school)
International Team Rider of Underground Kiteboards
Naish Kiteboarding Finland Old School Team Rider
Few interviews and articles:
Mobilizer.org (originally in Mpulse magazine), 2002, "Lord of the ring - meet Vesku - mobile marketing guru, kitesurfer, and - oh, yes - ring tone pioneer"
The Feature, 2002
Forum Nokia (video), 2003
Time Magazine Europe, 2004, "The Sweet Sound Of Success"
The
New Yorker, 2005, "Ring My Bell"
PC World, 2007, "The 20 Most Annoying Tech Products"
Read also
Mato Valtonen's WapIT's
Story: Riding the Wireless Wave book to better understand the Finnish mobile
(r)evolution in 1999.
Portillo Beach, Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic, June 2005. Photo by Tarmo Laine

Kiteboarding in Prasonisi, Rhodes, Greece, June
2003. Photo by Tarmo Laine

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