UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


      Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 16, 2005



                           DECKERS OUTDOOR CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                                    Delaware
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                 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)


              0-22446                                    95-3015862
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     (Commission File Number)                (IRS Employer Identification No.)


   495A South Fairview Avenue, Goleta, California           93117
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      (Address of principal executive offices)            (Zip code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code         (805) 967-7611
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                                      None
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 5.02.   Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of
             Directors; Appointment of Officers.

     On September 21, 2005, Deckers Outdoor Corporation (the "Company")
announced that Angel Martinez has been appointed to the Deckers Outdoor
Corporation Board of Directors, effective September 16, 2005. Mr. Martinez
joined Deckers as President and Chief Executive Officer on April 11, 2005. Mr.
Martinez was not selected pursuant to any arrangement or understanding, other
than with the directors and executive officers of the Company acting within
their capacity as such.


Item 7.01    Regulation FD Disclosure.

     On September 21, 2005, the Company published a press release announcing Mr.
Martinez's appointment to the board. A copy of the press release is attached to
this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by this reference.

     The information in this Item 7.01, including the exhibit incorporated by
reference, is being furnished, and will not be treated as "filed" for the
purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange
Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. This information
will not be deemed incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities
Act of 1933, or into another filing under the Exchange Act, unless that filing
expressly refers to specific information in this report. The furnishing of the
information in this Item 7.01 is not intended to, and does not, constitute a
representation that such furnishing is required by Regulation FD or that the
information this report contains is material investor information that is not
otherwise publicly available.


Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

       (c)     Exhibits.

               Exhibit No.               Description
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                  99.1                   Press release, dated September 21, 2005




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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                       Deckers Outdoor Corporation

     Date: September 21, 2005          By: /s/ M. Scott Ash
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                                           M. Scott Ash, Chief Financial Officer




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