The only sliding I did was on the kind of instrument that you put on your lap; no Spanish electrics.
It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.
If you direct your attention to the position of a bird with regard to the wave surface, it will speedily be noticed to be nearly always on the rising side or face of the wave and moving apparently at right angles to the wave's course, but really diagonal to it.

