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I have been doing glider flying including some Dynamic Soaring. Here are some photos of my Opus-W I've had this plane 'DS'ing" at 170-180mph at Parker Mountain, CA.

Video Clips- Right click the video links and save to your computer.

The Opus DS'ing during sunset 
JK opus4.avi ~ (3.6MB)

A rubber band Launch off the hill
Danny glider launch.mpg ~ (2.8MB)

Opus Landing Attempt
JK opus landing pass.avi (3.7MB)

Curtis Youngblood, Pat Bowman, and myself Ds'ing the JW's at parker mountain.
 curtis pat jason_ds'ing.AVI  ~ (3.0MB)

Short clip of my Opus getting up to speed, don't blink or you'll miss it!
jk opus fast.AVI ~ (1.2MB)

I could listen to this sound all day.
jk opus_going up.AVI ~ (1.3MB)

Pat Bowman jumping over his JW!
pat_jumping.AVI ~ (1.0MB)

       

       

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This is Todd's and my JW 60's. It is an EPP foam slope glider. What makes it so fun (too much fun) is that it can crash very hard with little or no damage and yet it can "DS" near 150mph.......Check out bowmanshobbies.com, spend a little money get LOTS of fun.