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, 2008 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Form 10-K”), I, Thomas B. Cusick, 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 27, 2009
/s/ THOMAS B. CUSICK

Thomas B. Cusick

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

and Treasurer