Image credit: AP Images/ Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Erik Roner husband, father and beloved member of the Nitro Circus sports family has tragically died in a freak skydiving accident…. 

The tragic accident occurred at the opening ceremony of the 4th Annual Squaw Valley Institute Celebrity Golf Classic in Squaw Valley, California.

Roner was the third member of a three-man parachute team to jump and, according to witnesses, was off the drop zone target on descent and hit a large tree. He was then transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Erik was a loveable personality in Nitro Circus and one of the world’s leading ski-BASE jumpers, jumping from iconic locations around the world.

He was a loving husband and father to two beautiful children.