Exhibit 10.1


                                  AMENDMENT TO
                      SENIOR EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT


     THIS AMENDMENT TO SENIOR EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment")
is made as of the 19th day of December, 2007, by and between Deckers Outdoor
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Zohar Ziv (the
"Executive").

                                    RECITALS
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     WHEREAS, the Company and Executive are parties to that certain Senior
Executive Employment Agreement dated as of March 6, 2006 (the "Agreement"); and

     WHEREAS, in connection with and as a condition to the Company's promotion
of Executive to the position of Chief Operating Officer of the Company, the
Company and Executive have agreed to enter into this Amendment to amend the
Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

                                    AGREEMENT
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     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants set
forth herein, the parties hereto agree that the Agreement shall be amended as
follows:

     1.   Section 1.2.  Section 1.2 is hereby amended and restated to read, in
its entirety as follows:

          "1.2     POSITION AND RESPONSIBILITIES. The Executive will serve as
     Chief Operating Officer, and will report to the Chief Executive Officer and
     President. The Executive will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer
     of the Company in an interim basis until the appointment of a Chief
     Financial Officer."

     2.   Section 1.3.  Section 1.3 shall be amended and restated to read, in
its entirety, as follows:

          "1.3     TERM. The term of the Executive's employment under this
     Agreement will commence on the effective date of this Agreement as first
     written above and will continue, unless sooner terminated, until
     December 31, 2009. Employment of the Executive is at will and will continue
     until such time as written notice of termination is given by the Company or
     written notice is given by the Executive."

     3.   Section 2.1.  Section 2.1 shall be amended and restated to read, in
its entirety, as follows:

          "2.1     BASE SALARY. Effective as of January 1, 2008, the Company
     will pay to the Executive an annual base salary of Three Hundred Seventy
     Five Thousand Dollars ($375,000) to be paid in equal installments in
     accordance with the Company's general payment policies in effect during the
     term hereof (the "Base Salary"). Executive's annual base salary may be

     reviewed prior to December 31, 2008 and appropriate increases to salary
     implemented. If Executive's annual base salary is not revised effective
     January 1, 2009, his existing salary will continue on a monthly basis until
     changed. This provision does not alter the at-will nature of Executive's
     employment or the provisions of Articles III and IV below."

     4.   No Other Changes.  Except as expressly modified by this Amendment, all
terms of the  Agreement  shall remain in full force and effect.

     5.   Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered will be deemed an
original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment to Senior
Executive Employment Agreement as of the date first above written.

                                            THE COMPANY

                                            DECKERS OUTDOOR CORPORATION
                                            a Delaware corporation


                                            By:  /s/ Angel R. Martinez
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                                            Its: President and CEO
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                                            EXECUTIVE

                                                /s/ Zohar Ziv
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                                            Zohar Ziv