St Albert Source For Sports

Dave Ridd had plans for his post high-school life: secondary education, work a little bit and own his own business all before the age of 25. So that’s exactly what he did.

“I worked at St. Albert Sports when I was 16, and attended the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) business program after high school,” Dave explains. “I worked fulltime at the sports store after graduation, then I got into sales in the safety field.” But Dave's love of sports wasn't ready to let him go for good. When a local sports store was bought by his mother’s friend, Pat Kane, Dave started thinking. “My mom broached the topic, and I was interested. So Pat and I met and talked. Eventually, we agreed that a combination of a monetary investment and sweat equity from myself would be enough to begin a partnership in St. Albert Source for Sports.”