Kim Reid was born in Selkirk, Manitoba in 1954. At the age of four, he was introduced to the sport of water skiing. He began competing at six years of age, and became a member of the Manitoba Water Ski Team at the first Canada Summer Games in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in 1969. Between 1969 and 1992, Kim competed in every National Championships. He was the winner of many National titles and former holder of provincial and national age group slalom records.
As a member of the National Team from 1971 to 1977, he competed in the 1971 World Championships in Banyoles, Spain, the 1972 Olympics in Kiel, Germany, the 1973 World Championships in Bogotá, Columbia and the 1975 World Championships in London, England. His best placement was a tie for 7th in slalom at the 1971 World Championships.
Upon his graduation from high school in 1972, Kim was awarded the Governor’s General Medal. He received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Manitoba in 1978. In his final year at law school, Kim was on the Dean’s Honour List and received the Jack Rice Memorial Scholarship for the highest mark in Administrative Law. Kim moved to Calgary in 1980 to join the law firm of Atkinson McMahon. His practice was focused primarily on securities and commercial law. Kim became a partner at Atkinson McMahon in 1984, was a member of the firm’s Management Committee from 1987 to 1991 and Chairman of the Committee from 1989 to 1991. In 1992, Kim left Atkinson McMahon to join two other lawyers to start an income tax planning, implementation and dispute resolution law firm. In 2005, Kim joined Signalta Resources Limited, a Calgary oil and gas company, as its General Counsel. Despite being extremely busy with his successful career, Kim still managed to devote much time to the sport of water skiing.Kim’s water ski involvement includes being a member of the National Water Ski Team from 1971 to 1977, President of Water Ski and Wakeboard Canada from 1980 to 1982, Chairman of the association’s National Team Development Committee from 1984 to 1996, a member of the national Technical Committee from 1986 to 1994, and the national organization’s representative on the International Water Ski Federation’s Technical Committee from 1988 to 1990.
Kim is now residing in Calgary, Alberta with his wife and children. He is married to his wife Brenda, and has three children, Adam, Taylor, and Kelsey.