EXHIBIT 32.2

 

SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION

 

In connection with the Annual Report of Columbia Sportswear Company (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Form 10-K”), 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-K 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-K fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of the operation of the Company.

 

Dated: February 28, 2008

/s/ BRYAN L. TIMM

Bryan L. Timm

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Columbia Sportswear Company