Superman's not even touching Surfer, we're talking about these characters playing to their abilities, not just providing a dramatic fight.
Superman's not anywhere near as fast as The Flash and Surfer's exceeded most of the feats that the Flash has (as far as I've seen here).
Surfer wouldn't take long to amp his strength, while using omni-directional cosmic blasts to weaken and disorientate Superman. the Surfer can blow up planets on a whim, while in combat with quite powerful creatures.
as much as I like The Hulk, it's a certainty that Surfer would be able to quickly drain off the gamma. also, he doesn't need to even give Superman the opportunity to interfere. merely use his board to trap The Hulk (or maybe bfr Superman with it?) and then fly off at billions of times the speed of light disorientating Hulk/Superman in the process and draining the gamma from Hulk at a leisurely pace.
just as a simple, raw power, option. he could always just create a black hole and dump everybody into it. Superman can barely escape, Surfer does it with ease. now Surfer could blast Superman so badly that he doesn't have enough strength to escape.
Superman isn't up to facing off against The Silver Surfer.