He began rowing in grade 12 at Stelly's Secondary School, from which he graduated in 1997.

Light graduated from the Victoria Motion Picture School in 2004/2005 and then the Western Academy of Photography in 2008/2009, where he studied photojournalism.

At the 2006 World Rowing Championships, Light represented Canada along with fellow Victoria rower Malcolm Howard in the men's coxless pair, where they won the bronze medal.

He was named to the Canadian men's eight for the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he won the gold medal with Andrew Byrnes, Kyle Hamilton, Malcolm Howard, Adam Kreek, Ben Rutledge, Dominic Sieterle, Jake Wetzel and cox Brian Price.

For his debut as head coach at the CSSRA in St. Catharines, Ontario, Light led the team to gold medals in three different events: the senior women's quad, the junior men's double and the junior men's quad.