Extreme sports athlete and MTV reality star Erik Roner died after a skydiving accident near Lake Tahoe, California, on Monday, TheWrap has learned. He was 39 years old. Roner was part of Nitro Circus, ...

LOS ANGELES — Extreme sports athlete Erik Roner, who appeared regularly on MTV's "Nitro Circus," died in a skydiving accident Monday morning, Placer County Sheriff's Deputies confirm. He was 39. Roner ...

OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. — Action-sports athlete, ski BASE jumping pioneer and Nitro Circus cast member Erik Roner died in a skydiving accident Monday morning near Squaw Valley ski resort. Roner, a ...

OLYMPIC VALLEY (CBS13/AP) — A skydiving accident during a performance at a golf event claimed the life of a professional skydiver after he landed in a tree on Monday. Erik Lars Roner, 39, of Tahoe ...

Renowned ski BASE jumper Erik Roner died Monday at age 39 after striking a tree while performing a parachute jump for the Squaw Valley Institute Celebrity Golf Tournament in Lake Tahoe, California.

SQUAW VALLEY, Calif. -- An extreme sports star skydiving for the opening ceremony of a golf event in Northern California died when he struck a tree Monday, authorities said. Placer County sheriff's ...

Erik Roner ahead of a Base jump in Las Vegas in 2011. (Photograph: Jeff Bottari/AP) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- An extreme sports and MTV star skydiving for the opening ceremony of a golf event in Northern ...

Roner was a well-known extreme skier and BASE jumper who appeared on MTV’s two-season series Nitro Circus and the group’s 2012 Nitro Circus: The Movie. The collective also released nearly a dozen ...

Even as a child, Erik Roner had a love of danger. His mother told a story of the time, as a youth, Roner saw bungee jumpers on a bridge and wanted to join right in. “I’m thinking, ‘I’m going to film ...

They all have a story. For Andy Buckworth, it was the time Erik Roner BASE jumped off his hotel balcony in Australia with his wife holding his parachute because there wouldn't be enough time for him ...

Erik Roner ahead of a Base jump in Las Vegas in 2011. (Photograph: Jeff Bottari/AP) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- An extreme sports and MTV star skydiving for the opening ceremony of a golf event in Northern ...