Shoe-tossing is the throwing of footwear, the reasons for which differ based on cultural context.
A pair of laced shoes may be thrown across raised cables, such as telephone wires and power lines, or onto tree branches to create "shoe trees".[1][2] In such contexts it may be known as shoefiti.
Footwear is used as a projectile in folk sports and cultural practices. Several sports and games exist around the world where participants throw shoes or boots at targets, or as far as possible. In Victorian England it was traditional to throw old shoes at a married couple at their wedding to bring good luck.
In many Arab cultures, shoes are seen as unclean, and it is particularly insulting to throw one at a person.