Mike McComb was born in Lusaka, Zambia, from where he then emmigrated to Canada in 1977 to live in Calgary. In 1990 at the age of 24, Mike purchased his first wakeboard and immediately knew this was where his life would lead him. He joined the British Columbia Water Ski Association in 1994 and, as wakeboarding was emerging as a new and popular discipline, became the first wakeboard chair of the organization.
In the early years with BCWSA, Mike organized the rules and regulations and developed officiating levels for Canada. He traveled across Canada teaching officiating clinics and helped provincial water ski associations’ work with the growing wakeboard community. Mike organized the first wakeboard event on McIvor Lake at the Campbell River water ski club where Mike took home 1st place. He also competed at the National Championships where he placed 2nd in the Masters category.
Mike ran the BC Wakeboard Tour from 1995-2002. He was the first chair of the national Wakeboard committee for Water Ski and Wakeboard Canada in 1996 and is still a member of the committee. Mike Chief Judged several Canadian Wakeboard Nationals and every Wakestock event in Ontario since 1998. In 2000, Mike’s passion for officiating and organizing wakeboarding was noticed by the World Wakeboard Association (WWA) and the US Pro Wakeboard Tour. Mike officiated the US Pro Tour and at the WWA Wakeboard Worlds and US Nationals. After a short while, Mike was Chief Judging pro wakeboard events.
In 2003, with the help of his brother Derek, Mike developed a computer program for running wakeboard events. The program was purchased by the WWA and is currently used on the US Pro Tour and at all WWA sanctioned events around the world. In 2004, Mike became Vice President at the WWA and the Head of Rules, Regulations and Officials. Since then, Mike has been traveling the world Chief Judging the WWA World Series of Wakeboarding and training new officials in other countries. In 2007, he continued traveling the world to Chief Judge the WWA World Series of Cable Wakeboarding. Mike’s long tenure as a significant leader and active organizer for wakeboarding development in Canada and abroad is cause for Water Ski and Wakeboard Canada to recognize him as a major Builder of the sport.
Currently, Mike is living in Delta, British Columbia with his wife Kelly and their 3 daughters, Cassandra, Nicola and Madison. He is a practicing optician and together, he and his wife own an optical store and optometrist’s practice in Richmond, BC.