The top writing is "When I heard the learn'd astronomer" by Walt Whitman, I borrowed it from the joystick blog and the second quote is "Anyone can make the simple complicated. Creativity is making the complicated simple." -Charles Mingus. I felt both really applied to skiing in a lot of ways, despite not being about skiing at all.
yoooo those are fuckin ill. i love it thats a sick graphic. i painted my old skis a few years back so if youre worried about them chipping, pm me and ill let you know what kind of stuff i did to prevent it that worked pretty well