What I usually do is create a macro view partial and call my surface controller action from that.

See this example :

@using Umbraco.Web.Models
@inherits Umbraco.Web.Macros.PartialViewMacroPage
@{
    int root = int.Parse(Model.GetParameterValue<string>("root", "0"));

    var categories = new List<int>();
    var productions = new List<int>();

    var paramCategories = Model.GetParameterValue<string>("categories", "");
    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(paramCategories))
    {
        paramCategories.Split(new[] { ',' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).ForEach(x => categories.Add(int.Parse(x)));
    }

    var paramProductions = Model.GetParameterValue<string>("productions", "");
    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(paramProductions))
    {
        paramProductions.Split(new[] { ',' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).ForEach(x => productions.Add(int.Parse(x)));
    }

    var number = int.Parse(Model.GetParameterValue<string>("numberitems", "7"));
}

@Html.Action("NewsGridList","NewsSurface",new RouteValueDictionary(new {  categories = categories, productions = productions, rootId = root, numberItems = number} ))

Dave