EXHIBIT 32.1
SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Columbia Sportswear Company (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2018, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Form 10-Q”), I, Timothy P. Boyle, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:
(1)
The Form 10-Q fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)
The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
Dated: November 1, 2018

/s/TIMOTHY P. BOYLE
Timothy P. Boyle
President, Chief Executive Officer
Columbia Sportswear Company