AMENDMENT TO SENIOR EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

                                                                    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