The 39-year-old MTV extreme athlete got entangled in the tree around 9:45am, a police source confirmed after he was pronounced dead on the scene.
A professional Skier, Roners was a member of the extreme sports Nitro Circus Crew which was featured on MTV. He hails from Tahoe City and was raised in Northern California.
‘Faster, faster, faster until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death,’ he concluded his biography on his website but unfortunately, Erik couldn’t overcome death itself!
