It is a very tight closed group. I have been a member of O-Review for 5 years now. If you were lucky enough to win and become one of the 50 Oakley Co-pilots in 2009 then the ones who were not already members, became instant members.
Been a member for 6 years or so it had been up a couple of months. There is a little more of a selectio process to get the boards for posting & selling now as a couple yers back someone overseas hacked the server and stole all the pictures of the stuff people had in their colections and other stuff, so its changed a bit. I remember when it used to be real hopping and Jim Jannard was posting on the forums telling good stories.
Well, I have seen a few new members come on board recently. This forum seems to be hopping more because of all of the members here. I have seen a lot of O-Review members here too.
Hey brewc, how are you doing? Fancy seeing you here! LOL
I am relatively new to the forum thing but I think the O Review has become less of a public message board and more of a private elite collectors club on purpose. I do not think they are interested in having many post just for numbers sake. They seem to want to bring on the most knowledgeable or most connected members to keep the knowledge base alive. Of course it also seems they are in a transition state and their mission still in flux. Just my 2 cents on things.
To get on you would have to contact Dann. How to do that I have no idea. He does not seem to use the email address on the contact page all that often. I think he's on Facebook so you can try him there or on Flickr.