[1][2] Hood first represented New Zealand internationally at the 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, where he was the alternate on the team, which was skipped by Peter de Boer.

[5] That season, Hood was promoted to play lead on the New Zealand men's team, skipped by Sean Becker.

[7] For the 2018–19 curling season, Hood was moved to play second on the New Zealand men's team, skipped by Scott Becker.

In the playoffs, they lost both the semifinal against Japan and the bronze medal game against South Korea, settling for fourth.

[9] That season, Hood was promoted to throwing last stones (with Matthew Neilson skipping) on the New Zealand junior men's team at the 2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships.

There, the team finished pool play with a 5–2 record, and went on to win all three of their playoff games to claim the gold medal.

In 2020, Hood won his first New Zealand Men's Curling Championship, throwing last rocks on a team skipped by Peter de Boer.

After the previous national champion pair backed out, Hood teamed up with Courtney Smith, after having not curled together for four or five years, to represent New Zealand at the event.

[17] During this time, Hood skipped his team of Ben Smith, Brett Sargon and Hunter Walker to a second-place finish at the 2021 New Zealand Men's Championship.

[20] In September 2023, Hood and his teammates moved into a retirement residence in Calgary, Alberta for training and lived there until March 2024.