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The town of Aloha was named by Ralph D Emerson and Wilfred H Dole in 1905 for their Aloha Lumber Company.
The name, a Hawaiian greeting, was chosen by members of the Dole family, who also had heavy interests in Hawaii.
The surfboards were constructed under the instruction of Ralf Dole, Wilfred's older brother, who had ridden boards on Kauai in his youth.
A William Dole was entered as a competitor in Surf-riding on Boards at the second Waikiki Regatta, scheduled for the end of 1906.

The photographs were kindly forwarded by Gary Lych in April 2017, from an article in The Surfer's Journal, a few years back

Aloha is two miles east of Pacific Beach and just south of Moclips Beach where over generations the local Quinault Indians had developed a high degree of skill with canoes carved from cedar trees in specialised designs adapted to rivers, estuaries, and the open ocean.
Moclips may be a variation of the Quinault No-mo-Klopish, meaning people of the turbulent water.
Or, it may mean a place where girls were sent as they were approaching puberty, or, simply, large stream.

On 26th August 1912, the Tacoma Times reported a group of day-visitors travelled on the Northern Pacific Railway to Moclips Beach in Washington where the various entertainments included "surf riding by the Quinalt (sic) Indians."

For more information:

http://scrapbook.surfingheritage.org/Main.php?MagID=4&MagNo=18
http://stokednboard.surfingheritage.org/pdf/R_D_E_Wa.pdf

1815 Peter Corney : Hawai'i and Columbia River.
1835 Rev. Samuel Parker : Native Canoe at Columbia River.
1836 Washington Irving : Columbia River Canoes.
1868 Gilbert Sproat : Canoe Riders of Vancouver Island.

Northern Pacific, Tacoma Division Grays Harbor Line, Subdivision 16
Aloha
Aloha is between Stearnsville and Joe Creek Spur.
The town was named by Ralph D Emerson and Wilfred H Dole in 1905 for the Aloha Lumber Company.
The name, a Hawaiian greeting, was chosen by members of the Dole family, who also had heavy interests in Hawaii.
The town is located two miles east of Pacific Beach on Beaver Creek.
The town was serviced by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company.
The post office operated from October 16, 1906 to September 15, 1981.
The line between Aloha and Moclips was abandoned in 1978.
The line from Hoquiam and Aloha was abandoned in 1982.
Grays Harbor (S22, T20N, R12W) Tacoma Grays Harbor Line 16 WA Saint Clair."

Northern Pacific, Tacoma Division
research.nprha.org/.../Grays%20Harbor%20Line.doc

Boards and Beach house	Men walking in surf with boards
Surfing	Gang at Beach
White longboard with family on beach	Wilfred with board on stump