EXHIBIT 32.2
SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Columbia Sportswear Company (the Company) on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2006 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Form 10-Q), I, Bryan L. Timm, Chief Financial 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 the operation of the Company. |
Dated: August 7, 2006 |
/s/ BRYAN L. TIMM |
Bryan L. Timm Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Columbia Sportswear Company |