AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE BUYING AGENCY AGREEMENT

     This amendment is made and entered into this 19th day of February, 1998, 
by and between NISSHO IWAI AMERICAN CORPORATION, a New York corporation with 
an office at 1211 S.W. Fifth Avenue, Suite 2200, Portland, Oregon 97204 
("NIAC") and COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR COMPANY, Oregon corporation with an office 
at 6600 North Baltimore Street Portland, OR  97203 ("COLUMBIA").

                                  WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, COLUMBIA and NIAC entered into that Buying Agency Agreement 
dated January 1, 1992, as subsequently amended pursuant to that Amendment No. 
1 to the Buying Agency Agreement dated October 1, 1993 (collectively, the 
"Agreement");

     WHEREAS, COLUMBIA and NIAC, in contemplation of COLUMBIA'S scheduled 
primary stock offering, desire to amend the Agreement as hereafter described;

     NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the parties agree as 
follows:

ARTICLE 1: DELETION OF ARTICLE IX, Section 9.1

     Article IX, Section 9.1 of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and 
shall be of no further force and effect.

ARTICLE 2: MODIFICATION OF ARTICLE XII

     Article XII of the Agreement is modified to read in its entirety as 
follows:

                                     DISTRIBUTION

          At all times during the term of this Agreement, COLUMBIA will not make
     any distribution of cash or other assets to its shareholders in excess of:
     (i) fifty percent (50%) of income after provision for state and federal
     income taxes for such period; and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the
     proceeds of any secondary common stock offering.  Within ten (10) days of
     making any distribution permitted hereunder, COLUMBIA shall deliver to NIAC
     a statement showing the amount of the distribution and how it was
     calculated for each shareholder.

ARTICLE 3: GOVERNING LAW AND SEVERABILITY

     This Amendment shall be governed and construed in accordance with the 
laws of the State of Oregon.  If a court or tribunal of competent 
jurisdiction holds any provision of this Amendment to be unenforceable, the 
remaining portions of this Amendment shall remain in full force and effect.

ARTICLE 4: ENTIRE AGREEMENT

     This Amendment, together with the Agreement, constitutes the entire 
agreement between the parties to the Agreement pertaining to the subject 
matter of this Amendment, and any and all other written or oral agreements 
existing between the parties before the date of this Amendment with respect 
to the subject matter of this Amendment are expressly cancelled.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be 
duly executed in duplicate as of the date first above written.


COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR COMPANY


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Gertrude Boyle                               Tim Boyle
Chairman of the Board                        President



NISSHO IWAI AMERICAN CORPORATION



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Yusaka Kase
Senior Vice President & General Manager
Portland Office