Yes

There is a whole contingent of surfers out there who find this sort of thing the worst kind of an unnecessary retrograde waste of time. "Push forward!" they chant from their box seats in the coliseum. "Thumbs down!" they bellow, thumbs pointing down. Luckily, no one is being put to the sword here. Anyhow, I'm not one of them. Live and let live.
And was it really shot on Super 8?