Electric Utility Operations

How to Win a Lineman's Rodeo

Oct. 17, 2020

Maximo Fuentes, a retired lineman and supervisor and past Lineman's Rodeo winner, shares his strategies for achieving success at the competition.

Amy Fischbach

The traditional Lineman's Rodeo Week wraps up with a day of competition and an awards banquet. For our virtual Lineman Celebration Week from Oct. 12-17, 2020, we are honoring the spirit of the competition on Super Saturday.

For example, we are posting photos from past Rodeo awards banquets and giving linemen an opportunity to test their knowledge by taking online quizzes prepared by the International LIneman's Rodeo Association. In addition, we invite apprentices and journeymen linemen to watch this special video by Maximo Fuentes on "How to Win a Rodeo."

Thanks again for your participation in Lineman Celebration Week. We hope to see you next year in Kansas City. If you have any questions or comments, email Field Editor Amy Fischbach.

About the Author

Amy Fischbach | Amy Fischbach, EUO Contributing Editor

Amy Fischbach is the Field Editor for T&D World magazine and manages the Electric Utility Operations section. She is the host of the Line Life Podcast, which celebrates the grit, courage and inspirational teamwork of the line trade. She also works on the annual Lineworker Supplement and the Vegetation Management Supplement as well as the Lineman Life and Lineman's Rodeo News enewsletters. Amy also covers events such as the Trees & Utilities conference and the International Lineman's Rodeo. She is the past president of the ASBPE Educational Foundation and ASBPE and earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University. She can be reached at [email protected].