Chasing The Wind is a short documentary that tells the story of champion windsurfer Jesper Vesterstrom and his internal struggle following his father's diagnosis of ALS. Grappling with his father's fate, his instincts led him to the open water where he learned to harness the elements and his emotions in order to keep a promise.

“The proper function of man is to live, not exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them, I shall use my time.” - Jack London


Speaking to Filmmakers Academy, director Andrew Batista says: “For this project, I worked with composer James Everingham who is out-of-this-world talented.  My brother and producer of the film, Anthony Batista, had found James’ work on Soundcloud and when he started talking about his love for Tony Scott films, I knew we found our composer.  If anyone wants to talk about Spy Game and Robert Redford, we can talk for hours.  The only problem we had with James was that he was based in the UK and I was in California. However, James set up a system through Skype and Source Connect so that we could watch the film together and I could listen as he scored the film in real-time. It was rad. At one point, James was writing in the UK, Anthony was Skyping in from NYC, and I was Skyping in from LA. 3 times zones, one movie. The future is now.”