EXHIBIT 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Quiksilver, Inc. (the "Company") on Form
10-K for the period ending October 31, 2002 as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Robert B. McKnight,
Jr., Chief Executive 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:

         (1)      The Report 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 Report fairly presents,
in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of
the Company.

/s/ Robert B. McKnight, Jr.
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Robert B. McKnight, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
January 28, 2003

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