Hard to go past Marty at Delta Designs. If you're looking for a board for metro, I (and two other mates as well) just took delivery of the board pictured below and it is by far the best board for metro that I have ridden. I was really impressed with it as a thruster, until I rode it as a quad, unreal. This is the third Delta board that I have in my quiver. Its a loose copy of the firewire vanguard.
He turned it around in one week. He is south of the river....Margaret River!
Marty is a top bloke, prefers a chat on the phone to email and with due respect to the other shapers, he froths on kiting and is constantly testing and modifying his shapes on his own experiences in the waves. Back in the day he shaped all of Norths boards, the first versions of the Kontact, Nuggett etc. so he has a wealth of experience in kite board shaping.
Looking at around $1200 with pads, straps and a futures quad set. Dims for mine at 85kgs are: 5'5" x 17&1/2 x 2&1/16, comes in at around 24 and a bit litres.
www.deltadesigns.com.au/products/kiteboards/