Reside's national representative debut came in 1996 when he was selected as Australia's single sculls entrant for the 1996 Junior World Rowing Championships in Glasgow.

[7] Jason Day and Duncan Free stepped into the Australian quad with Reside and Peter Hardcastle in 1999 and they commenced their Olympic campaign for Sydney 2000.

[7] They raced at a World Rowing Cup in 1999 and then at the 1999 World Rowing Championships in St Catharines they battled through the preliminaries placing third in their heat, winning their repechage, coming third in their semi-final ( facing the ultimate gold and silver medalists Germany and Ukraine) and then repeating the semi-final result with a third place and bronze medal in the final.

[8] In the 2000 Olympic year they raced at two World Rowing Cups before coming to the Sydney 2000 where they made the final and finished in fourth place.

He held his place in the two seat at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where the Australian eight raced well to a bronze medal.