At first I thought this might have to do with the "Sonic HQ" link at the upper left of the main page linking back to the board instead of the Sonic HQ page. However, after asking Swanson about it in chat, it appears that the forums under the "Sonic HQ" heading (such as South Island and Knothole Village) just aren't appearing at all for him on the main page. Unfortunately, I personally dunno what the problem is/how to fix it (everything's appearing fine for me), but just wanted to post that here in case the extra bit of info helps^^;

Huh, that'd be weird. AFAIK they're not hidden or anything...

If nothing else, access them via the Forum Jump tool. Just like you can access every other forum that we're not showing you.

If that doesn't work, you could always use the round aproach and get there through someone else's posts and then use one of the commands at the top of the screen.

Can he reach it via any means?

http://sonichqcommunity.yuku.com/topic/6965?page=3

What does it say when he clicks that link.

His account has nothing to indicate restricted access, those forums are not hidden, and they aren't set to deny access to anyone.

~Rico

Browser and/or screenshots?

Okay, I have no clue what the problem was, but I can view all of the forums now, with no problem.