Shia LaBeouf and a new gal pal spend the day at a beach in Malibu, Calif., on Sunday afternoon. When the 22-year-old actor spotted paparazzi, he started walking backwards to avoid being photographed with his new lady.

Shia has been back on the Los Angeles set of Transformers 2 since last week even though he had extensive surgery on his left hand last month. This is all following his late-night car crash.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (movie poster below) is still aiming for a June 26, 2009 release. It's going to be mighty interesting to see how the film works in Shia's hand injury