When throwing your cell phone in a Finnish contest, you are judged by distance and sometimes technique. Depending on the contest rules, you'll either throw the cell phone backwards over your shoulder and count the distance of the best of three attempts. Alternatively, and even more fun, you can do a freestyle throw for creativity points.
The cell phones used for cell phone throwing can vary widely. Certain contests in this unusual sport provide all throwers with one phone model, while other competitions let you use any cell phone that weights more than 220 grams or 7.7 oz. In Europe, the sport is called Mobile Phone Throwing, while you will find it under the title Cell Phone Throwing in the United States.
Cell Phone Throwing is a popular sport in Finland, where you can even compete for throwing your poor old phone as far as you possibly can. You can even join the World Cell Phone Throwing Championships if you think you are good enough (or if you just want to brag about being in a World Championship of some sort!)
You will see flying cell phones at the big event taking place each August in Savonlinna, Finland (3-4 hours from Helsinki).
Maybe it's just a coincidence, but Finland is also the home of the popular cellphone manufacturer Nokia. It is unclear if the popular cell phone manufacturer has anything to do with this weird event...but if so, it might just be their way to make people buy replacement cell phones. What do you think?
