STORM for Divers
Sports Therapy and Orthopaedic Remedial Medicine
STORM PEOPLE.
STORM research is run as a non-profit making project and therefore relies on the generosity of individuals for their professional contributions, time and input.
The people involved in the STORM project have either offered or been invited to join specifically because of their interest in diving, their belief in the STORM project and their achievements in their particular field of expertise. This page is to let you know a little bit more about these people.
Laura Harris MIGPP
Founder and owner of STORM.
STORM researcher.
Laura grew up in
More recently Laura has been
involved in providing scuba safety cover for the British Freedive
Association at venues such as the National Diving Centre (NDC) in
Chepstow. She heads up the scuba support / safety diving team
(the
Angels) for the
In May 2003 she worked with
Steve Copeland’s safety team as Dive Marshal and as a shallow water
deco
support diver for the Sony Freediver
Open Classic Competition in
In 2004 the freediving
support continues with the Angels being the
official scuba safety team booked to provide cover for the saltFree
UK National Freediving Championships.
Laura will also
be joining Steve Copeland’s support team again to cover the 2004 Bios Freediver Open Classic in
With a background in anatomy and physiology, her professional qualifications encompass both orthodox and complementary medical disciplines (including diplomas in Sports Therapy and Clinical Assessment & Remedial Therapy). Laura has owned and run her own remedial therapy clinic since 1995, specialising in soft tissue trauma.
Her charity work has included
joining the Sports Therapy
Laura occasionally gives talks about diving related sports injuries and associated topics to dive clubs and sports therapy students.
She set up STORM in Dec 2000 after initial research showed there was very little ‘out there’ on the subject of diving injuries that mimic DCI. The ultimate goals of the STORM project are:
· To provide and improve information and data about diving related sports injuries.
· To work with hyperbaric physicians and pioneer a set of guidelines that will help doctors, dive medics and chamber personnel determine whether a diver has had a DCI hit or a complex sports injury.
· To host a web-site that will be used as a definitive source of information for diving sports injuries and related topics.
To contact Laura directly
email - laura-storm.harris@virgin.net
telephone - 020 8972 9131
Mark Harris
STORM Web Monkey
Born in Balham,
After a short stint in the Royal Navy (where he was initiated into
Returning to his aquatic roots in the mid-90’s, after a few years out of the water, he developed interests in underwater photography and freediving.
He is a member of the British Freediving Association and competed in The Sony Freediver Open Classic 2003 competition in
In regard to his photography he has won a number of commendations for his underwater photographs in the John Lewis annual photographic competition.
Mark Brill
STORM supporter / contributor
Mark Brill is an active
technical diver
and underwater photographer. After learning to cave dive his interest
quickly
moved to deep wrecks and he can be found most weekends somewhere at the
bottom of
the
Mark has been involved with a number of projects and expeditions.
The Struma
Project, to
locate a sunken Jewish refugee ship in the
Finding and commemorating the loss of HMS Exmouth in the
Helping to recover Donald Campbell's Bluebird from Conniston
Water.
Surveying The Blue Hole in Dahab,
Diving HMS Manchester off
the coast of
Most recently his attention has turned to Extreme Ironing http://www.extremeironing.com
and with journalist Louise Trewavas, ironed a t-shirt at the bottom of The Blue Hole in 101m - a world record!
Mark's photographs have been published in newspapers, books and diving magazines such as Diver http://www.divernet.com
and Dive Girl http://www.divegirl.com .
However he considers the pinnacle of achievement to be his Extreme Ironing photograph which appeared in Hello! magazine.
Mark has been working with Laura on a series of articles for Diver magazine based on STORM’s research. He has also donated numerous photographs to STORM that help to depict actions that may lead to diving injuries.
DeeperBlue.net
Publisher of STORM articles
www.deeperblue.net - Your Online Resource for the Underwater World
"Running since 1996
DeeperBlue.net offers visitors a refreshingly bold and contemporary
approach. Featuring over 300 in-depth articles,
comprehensive news coverage
and active community Forums on Scuba Diving, FreeDiving
and Technical Diving. Each section is lead by an Editor who is
an expert
Industry Professional in their field, and backed up by teams of Writers.
One of the most unique aspects of DeeperBlue.net, that sets it apart
from other
contemporary diving publications, is it's coverage of FreeDiving
- an exciting sport that allows a diver to test his/her lungs and
strength of
mind on just one breath of air, becoming one with the sea sans scuba
gear. The FreeDiving section is regarded
as the largest and most
comprehensive resource available for the sport and draws not only
beginners,
but World Champions as well.
DeeperBlue.net is headquartered out of
Stephan Whelan
CEO/Publisher
email: stephan.whelan@deeperblue.net
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Jeannette Copeland
STORM supporter
Jeannette is a TDI Technical
Instructor Trainer, PADI IDC Staff
Instructor and in 1998 became the first female Inspiration Rebreather
Instructor.
Since learning to dive as a teenager she has gained experience in just
about every aspect of the sport. Following Jeannette's inauguration
into the
SCUBA educational ranks she has had the opportunity to travel to many
different
countries – highlights of which include; diving in 2 metres of snow in
She loves teaching and hasn't looked back and now instructs professionals to dive with Trimix Closed Circuit rebreathers; right down to the basics with newbies discovering scuba for the first time just like her first memorable experiences of the marine habitat.
Jeannette claims to never having a real bad dive and always has a
positive attitude.
For the DiveGirl 2000 event, Jeannette
provided a
presentation about the
Inspiration rebreather. Later that year
she
participated in the
Struma Expedition to find the shipwreck of
the
just one survivor.
Helping with Freediving events has become
something
of a habit, since
the first time in Dorothea quarry, where Jeannette was one of the bottom
divers for the safety of Fred Buyle's
Constant Weight
Record. In 2003
Jeannette was part of the superb team that supported the Sony Freediver
Open Classic. This year once again, Jeannette will be part of that team
in support of the Bios Freediver Open
Classic.
Since March 2003, Jeannette has also been heading up the Technical
Diving section of www.deeperblue.net as the
editor. Assisted by her
fantastic team of writers, she hopes to provide a useful resource to
technical divers the world over.
TEAM STORM.
STORM entered a team of three divers
into the Sony Classic 2003 Freediving Championships and the British Freediving Championships.
Dave King (
2003
Laura Harris (team physio, coach & manager)
Fay Bagshaw
Mark Harris (
2003